• spirinolas@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The problem is there aren’t 150,000 homes for 200,000 people. It’s probably the double but 100,000 of those homes are owned by people/companies who’d rather have them empty while the price rises. Basically using them as stocks instead of shelter for actual persons.

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      8 days ago

      So you think the vacancy rate in expensive areas is 50%? That is extremely wrong.